Delivering emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict in Nigeria
Facts and figures for January to June 2017
The armed conflict in north-east Nigeria continues to affect millions of people. More than five million in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states are in dire need of food, while two million have been displaced from their homes.
The situation is further compounded by the flow of returnees from neighbouring countries in the Lake Chad Basin who took refuge during the peak of the armed conflict.
The ICRC has been delivering emergency aid, as well as supporting health-care services and livelihoods, particularly in remote areas where few humanitarian organizations are able to operate. Together with Red Cross societies in the Lake Chad Basin, we continue to search for more than 10,000 people who have been separated from their families by conflict.
Highlights of our work in Nigeria between January and June 2017
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398,000 people in the north-east and Middle Belt regions received food |
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76,000 people received seeds, fertilizers, and tools to start farming |
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26,000 people, including widows, received cash and basic training on small businesses |
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255,000 patients attended 23 ICRC-supported primary health-care centres and 3 mobile clinics |
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Improved sanitation and hygiene conditions for 106,000 displaced persons |
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Provided access to clean water for 213,000 people |
For more information, read the full update of our work in Nigeria.
